New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-07-14
FORCING TO PUT DOWN THE WIRES
.vvoyre or THE BOARD OF ELECTRICAL CONTROL

vvYopTs OF THE BOARD OF ELECTRICAL COSIhoh
RULES AND ROUTES.
m. poard of Electrical Control held long session
,.sterday in the Mayors Office Acting Mayor Beck
man. TO whom was referred the subject Of rules ana
,.ruIatons governing the stringng OF wires over
And said that he had formulated them aud SUD-
mitttd them to the Commissioner OF rupnc "orAS
for his opinion. They had not been returned w
General Newton. The subject was iaid over until
the next meeting.
The form of the bond to be given by the Consoii-
dated Telegraph and Electrical Subway Company,
.uh,,,,,ad Inv Mr. BeelInan, was approved The
bond Is for $3.50 and is given as guarantee that
all payements disturbed shall be properly restored.
Mr. Iauterbach said that the bond would at once be
executed and deposited with the Controller.
Engineer Kearncy said that application had been
made to the Department of Public Works for permits
SION to go on at with the work of construction
on the Fny-aghth-st, Parkrow and sprngst. routes.
Permission had been granted for the first route and
work begun between $50 and $50 feet of trench hav-
ing already been dug In Nfty-eighth-st
The question Of local distribution discussed at
great length. Engineer Kearney said that the tele-
phone companies are experimenting with system
Of local distribution in Sixth He suggested that
action be postponed until more systems had
been properly tested. Mr.. Beckman thought 1t beet
TO 60 slowly. 1t was not well to incur heavy e1-
puse for subways until q system Of local distribution
had been approved.
President Hess submitted the application Of the
Edison Electric Light Company for permission TO lay
wires underground q route beginning at Broad
way and Twenty fourth st. running parallel with tho
west face of Broadway to Twenty third st., crossing
fifth ave, and returning through Broadway to TWEEN
tyhrstst. Accompanying this was letter nom
General Newton asking whether the Board had do
ctdod to grant such permits. MIR. Lauterbach said
that when telegraph, telephone electric light COM
psny made application to lay wires Underground
through certain Streets the board would then direct
the Consolidated Company to construct q subway
In any case until the sJlvenoy Of the company max
ing the application sscertaincd. All the menu
bers agreed that 1t would DO well to Construct con-
aut under Iifth-ave ut Twcnty-frsts st. before the
new pavem' ut was "a in u Q nue. 1t was finally
agreed thai about twenty four ducts would be needed
Engineer kearney said that he could not tell Just
where the conduit would be laid In the street until
he had ascertaiped the position Ut the and water
pipes The Board decided that II would order tho
conduit constructed at once at Fifth and Twenty
drst-st and thus obviate the necessity for tearing
up the new pavement.
H. c. Andrews and Charles A. Hess were appointed
counsel of the Board on the hearing to-day In the
Superior Court the application for injunction
to restrain the operations of the Board OF Electr
cal Control.
Mr.. Gibbons tried to have a resolution passed au
thOrfzfng the appointment OF chief Inspector At
salary OF $1,000 year. Mr.. Beekman opposed
this on the ground that there was need for such
an officer, there Is little Or nothing to inspect "a
yet and the matter went The engineer was
authorized to appoint q sufficient number Of inspoc-
tors al 50 day. During the discussion It came out
that inspector from the Department Of Public
Works, who was on salary Of 81 day from that
department, received equal amount for acting
an Inspector Of excavation for the subway.